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Stengelese

Stengelese proper noun: the confusing phrases used by baseball player Casey Stengel.

Proper noun

Stengelese

  1. The confusing phrases used by baseball player Casey Stengel.
    • Whether he whispered sweet nothings to her in Stengelese is not known, but he did call her "the best catch I ever made in my career."1981 April 15, Ira Berkow, “DRAMA IN 'STENGELESE: YOU CAN LOOK IT UP”, in The New York Times

Origin of Stengelese

From Stengel + -ese, named after Casey Stengel.

Questions about Stengelese

What does Stengelese mean?
Stengelese means the confusing phrases used by baseball player Casey Stengel.
What part of speech is Stengelese?
Stengelese is a proper noun.

Words near Stengelese in the dictionary

  1. stengah
  2. stengahs
  3. Stengel
  4. Stengel dive
  5. Stengel dives
  6. Stengelese
  7. Stengels
  8. Stenger
  9. Stengers
  10. Stenhouse
  11. Stenhousemuir

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